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The show to make you realize you are smart enough to understand opera. On each episode, host Sophia tells the story of an opera to a friend with little to no experience, accompanied by some inebriated chuckles and lively conversation about the themes and characters. Broadcasting biweekly from a blanket fort in Berlin, Germany.
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Wednesday Jun 02, 2021
The Nose with Alejandro
Wednesday Jun 02, 2021
Wednesday Jun 02, 2021
On this episode, I talk to my friend Alejandro (he/him) about Dmitri Shostakovich's opera The Nose. Originally based off a short story by Nikolai Gogol, it tells the story of a man who wakes up one morning with his nose missing and the ordeal of finding it again. It's a silly surreal opera that satirizes Russian society at that time. We discuss what body parts we could live without, the pressure to get married, and how class divisions present themselves in different points in time. And I learn a new acronym: NIMBY!
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